Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 27 January 1931 — Page 1

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WEB TRACES IE CYCLES OF IIISIHESS ERA I Hoffman Gives Inactive Address Before iamber of Commerce Lee directors J TED AT MEETING L-hinti a word picture kiKist lIMI vears of busi- | y lon' ’ii the I’nited L E. Ci- Hoffman, bankL| I'i'resitk nt of the Fort Cm Chamber of C.oniL anted in an address L (he members of the Liur Chamber of Comh Monday evening, at Los C. hall, that America Ipn- through nine business Uoiu. anil urged all to “look Lfrture with courage." pas the annual meeting of the Her of Commerce and preced- [ |)|r Hoffman's talk, the elee-1 jot three new directors took L The men elected were, L Schulte, clothier; James L ceneral manager of the tar Casting Co.. Wilson Lee. Gnr merchant. The other tars of the board who hold i*re. William Linn, president [th* organization; Leo Kirsch, lAitibaucher. C. C. Pumphrey, | Heller. Avon Burk. A dinner at 6:30 o’clock. It Hoffman s address was an tatir? presentation of a cen-j lot badness history, with an taos the causes for prosperM depression. fennin? with the year 1837 ks has gone through nine • ■of depression and proeper- ■ The average period between ■ eyries of depression has ■ approximately ten years. Apply our people, as they pull ■ a period of depression Into , ■ter state of prosperity, are so . ■fed with the change of busi- , Bud are so interested in the • nnitv of better business that ; ■ memories fail to recall the ■■ion out of which they have : ■ tome. or the business cycles ■session which have gone on ■tore," stated Mr. Hoffman in ; ■Bing remarks. f Hoffman sketched the • pt of the country and its first , ■ of prosperity from the time Piling the canals and then the (, ■«■ He followed through . F P*ti>»! and showed what in- , pn led to the prosperity or j |*on periods. g Hoffman did not make anyl ( plots about the future, ex-1, Ito S y.' ‘we have every' reason . confident that we will pull, |°f this cycle of depression '. pas w have moved out of a j on PAGE SIX) 1 I- oF> v al At Pleasant I Mills Friday Night ■ will be held at tho 1 PJ Mills high school Friday ■7 *'eek. The entertain■•'H he given for the benefit ■ sh school athletic associaP"' ar Midway will he erected ■j”"" 1 building, with conces-I E™"* and shows. Among the features will be a minl, 0 * athletic show, cako W* l candy walk. The general ■ ■ cordially invited to attend!' poal. MIO OPEN march i Ijitors Sign Waivers, ( to Opening of State Bank Kih! , signin g of waivers, ■L R depositors in the Peo- ' ■t thpir ll "| 1< ° f Berne agreed to Kuaa e P°B'ted 8 'ted money over 1 Ejtaitl' er j o(l of time > an <>ther : • bant n towartls the opening ' Bbaeji Kilt °t the depositors of S'orium e . d the CommunKtjOOn at Ber ne, Saturday, Ife * rsiW! attended. E. C. ' Bov? r 0 1,16nt o£ th e bank : Kthe n ,,J le meeting and ex- ' for on ß6 the Batherin g < ■*>.. c °operation of all de- , B'^n e ? h ° f - the hang off! ■ nank about March .

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New Collector If* * BV / r f ■. JU M *»■ S P j y s ' 'taSSSaMMamw e Rolaert E. Neely, who was deputy; collector of internal revenue under Mrs. Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge, has been promoted to acting collector for the Chicago district. HR promotion followed swiftly upon the resignation of Mrs. Blacklidge, who was involved in a $.->o.iioo faro swindle DISTRICT MEET HERE TODAY Moose Legionnaires From District Three Meet at K. of C. Hall About eigthy members of the; Monse Legionnaires from towns anu f cities in district number three are attending the district meeting at the K. of C. Hall in this city, today. The local chapter of W. O. M. L. are hostesses to the visiting ladies. Representatives are present from Bluffton, Huntington. Fort Wayne Auburn, Columbia City, and Sturgis Michigan chapters and a prize will be presented the chapter having the largest number of delegates present The award will be made at this evening’s meeting. The day’s activities will begin with an afternoon business session at 2:3'1 o'clock with Mrs. Laura Kayser of Fort Wayne, district senior regent Mrs Clara Breiner district past regent and Mrs. Archie Long of this city, district junior regent, in change. Registration will also take place during the afternoon meeting, j At 5:30 o’clock a chicken supper | will be served in the K. of C. Hall | by the local chapter. Valentine ap pointments will prevail and the hall ■ will be decorated in the W. O. M. L.; colors of red. white, and purple. The evening session will begin at seven o’clock at which time initiatory services will be conducted for several candidates. The drill work (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o MANY MEN TO BE EMPLOYED Nearly 5,000 Men to Bo Employed by Government; Factories Busy Washington, Jan. 27. <U.R)— A total of 4,500 men will be employed by March 1 on rivers and harbors projects authorized to aid employment, Major General Lytle Brown, chief of army engineers, testified today before the house appropriations committee. Brown, who was called in connection with consideration of tho $25,000,000 Red Cross relief fund Included by the senate in the interior department appropriation bill, said the bulk of work under the recent $22,500,000 emergency river and harbors appropriation is; now under contract and all work will be commenced by April 1. Auburn Picks Up Auburn, Ind., Jan. 27. — (U.R)I — Orders of the Auburn Automobile ( Co., exceeded all records in the i first 25 days of January, R. H. i Faulkner, vice-president of thej concern announced today. Dealer orders are 85 per cent ahead of 1930 and 30 per cent ahead of the. record 1929 year, he said. (CONTINUED ON PACE FIVE)

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LOCAL LEGION POST SPONSORS STREET FAIR Adams Post Votes to Hold Annual Fair Again Next September FAVOR IMMEDIATE BONUS PAYMENT Members of the Adams Post No. 43 tff (he American Legion went on record at their meeting last night (o hold the annual Free Street Fair again next fall. The fair will be held at approximately the same dates as last year, probably either the second or third week of September. The Legion members strongly endorsed immediate cash payment | of the Ixinus to World War veterlans. Every ex-service man is i urged to join the Legion as non- ! membership is viewed as a vote ! against the immediate payment of the bonus. Plans for the Junior baseball league to be held here next summer were also discussed at the meeting. Short talks on this subject were made by district athletic officer E. F. O'Brien and Albert Miller, post athletic officer. Last summer four junior teams were entered in the league. These teams were sponsored by the Legton, Rotary clubk Lions club and Moose lodge. Great interest was manifested in the league last summer and announcement cf plans for next summer have met with approval. Talks on service work and club activities were given by Rev. Harry Ferntheil, state chaplain, Leo Ehinger. post commander and C. O. Porter, second vice-commander. The post also endorsed the 4-H 1 club work and moved to support ! this project, particularly so tn preparation of exhibits for the state fair. The Decatur free street fair and agricultural exhibit has been sponsored by the local American Legion the last two years and has been well received. In voting to continue the fair next September, the Adams post will quite likely have the hearty approval of Decatur business men and citizens of Decatur and Adams county. (CONT.NUED ON PAGE SIX) — o GRADE POPILS ON HONOR ROLL South Ward Leads With 46 Named; Total of 102 Pupils Honored One hundred and two students were placed on the honor rolls from the three ward schools in Decatur for the first semester. The South Ward placed the largest number on the roll with forty-six students honored. Roley had thir-ty-eight pupils named and the North Ward eighteen. Students who are neither tardy I nor absent during the semester of j ninety-two days are placed on the I honor roll. The complete list of (honor students follows: North Ward First Grade—Carl Rash. Second Grade—Lawrence Rash. Theodore Lough. Third Grade — Gretchen Lough. Elizabeth Reynolds, Petty Jean Fuhrman. Fourth Grade —Guy Koos, Junior Zerkle, Berniece Kreischer, Florence McConnell, lona Schnepp. Anna. Jane Tyndall, Robert Malony Barbara Burk, Richard Tope, Tommy Summers. Evangeline Fuhrman and Cleona Elston. Riley Building First Grade — Madonna Barnett, Elaine Edgell, Helen Penning, Gerald Light, Junior Roop, Thomas Roop. Rose Marie Stanley, Ken(CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE) O Berne Man Fined For Public Intoxication Geneva, Ind., Jan 27 —(Special)— Glen Lantz, of Berne, was fined $lO and costs on a charge of public intoxication filed with Justice of the Peace, James Barr, Monday evening Mr. Lantz was arrested Saturday 6 ening by a local policeman and his hearing was held Monday evening. He plead guilty to tihe charge and was fined $lO. and costs, totaling S4O which was paid.

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Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, January 27, 1931.

| Aged Tocsin Woman Died This Morning | Mrs. Belinda Arthlmld Todd, 93, Idled at her home, one mile north(east of Tocsin at nine o'clock this i morning following an illness of ■ more than a year. Death was due I to the infirmities of old age and injuries received in a fall more than a year ago. Surviving is one son. G. W. Todd of Tocsin, and a daughter, Mies Tidy Todd at home, two sisters, Mrs. John Engle of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Rachel Ashcroft of near Tocsin. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at the Tocsin United Brethren ' church with Rev. F. D. Pugh offii ciating. Burial will be in the Elhanan Cemetery, four miles , j north of Tocsin. > O CHARGED WITH BUCKLEYS DEATH J Seven Persons Indicted For Killing Detroit Radio Speaker i Detroit. Jan. 27. —(UR>—Six men ''anil one woman were charged with - the slaying of Gerald E. Buckley. • radio commentator, in a blanket int dictment returned by the special 1 grand jury today. ‘ The woman and two of the men ’ were unnamed, appearing only on ‘ the indictment as "May Roe, John ’ Doe and Richard Roe.” The four men named are Angelo I Livecchi, Ted Pizzino of New York; f I Joe Bommarito, former St. Louis L \ gangster and Pete Llcavoli, head > lof a river rum running gang. All except Licavoli are held. ( | The names of 32 witnesses were indorsed on the charges. i Edwards Funeral ‘ Rites W ednesday Jersey City, N. J., Jan. 27.— (U.R) — Funeral services for former Sen- ' ator Edward T. Edwards, who com- - 1; mitted suicide yesterday, will be I I at 8 p. in. tomorrow at the St. ' I Paul's Episcopal church of which ’ I he was a vestryman. ’( The burial will be Thursday J morning in New’ York Bay corn- >■ I etery and the Jrody will be placed i beside that of his wife, Melissa, • who died about a year ago. The Rev. Edgar L. Cook, pastor of St. Paul's church, will officiate. o Stage-Struck Girls Advised To Stay Home Anderson, Ind., Jan 27 —(UP) — 1 Stay home and be contented was the advice given stage-struck girls here today by Miss Betty Dumbris, I Anderson beauty who was selected Miss Indiana in 1928, before she left for New York to resume her stage career. Miss Dumbris, who has been in 1 Ziegfield shows for two seasons 1 and is rehearsing for her third, says 1 New York is overflowing with girls • seeking theatrical careers in vain. OPERATION FOR FRDCHTE CHILD I Taken to Ann Arbor Hospital When Skull Fracture Is Shown Margaret Fruchte, four years old, 1 seriously injured early Saturday night when she was struck by an automobile, was taken to Ann Ar- ' bor, Michigan, this afternoon. \ where she will undergo an operation. X-ray pictures taken this morning disclosed a serious skull fracture and considerable hemorrhage. The trip to the Ann Arbor hospital for an operatiofi by a nerve and brain specialist was decided upon . following a consultation this morning. The attending physician stated today that the child has an excellent chance for recovery unless unforeseen complications develop. Accompanying the child and the physician to Ann Arbor were Margaret’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Fruchte, and Mrs. Oscar Lankenau. The child w-as injured when she (ran from behind a parked car directly into the side of an auto driven by Ben DeVor. According to witnesses, Mr. DeVor was driving at a slow speed and is not to be blamed for the accident.

CITY TO INSTALL I MASTER CLOCK 1 ' Electric Clocks Will Be| Properly Regulated; to Investigate Softner I I To accomodate those who are us-1 'ling electric clocks the City o." De [ 'icatur ?as purchased a master clock (which is now being installed at thc| ( |vity plant under the supervision ol i‘ M. J. Mylott. plant superintendent. i Complaints have been made by {many that under present conditions ! the .electric clocks loose and gain time as the current comes on or , '{goes off and is unsatisfactory. The ; master clock will be regulated from j. the plant keeping the clock in your,, home at exact time. To guarantee, tile time a Western Union clock is also being installed and the time; I on the master dial will keep in ex- ‘ act tune wit i the Western Union.]’ May Install Softner The city autorities are Iso invesItigating a Water softener for the! city water plant and a representa- 1 tive of one of the largest companies which manufacturer this equip--1 ment will be here this week to Intake a survey of conditions and II acts. If the expense is not too great i and if any kind of a guarantee can ' . i be secured tiiat the softener will do - the work, it may be purchased. I This would practically do away with cisterns, permitting every one to , i use t ie city water for all purposes , i ami would at the same time make , i the water more healthful for drinkHng purposes, city officials state. ( ; o Aged Veteran Seeks i Marriage Annulment ] Covington. Ind., Jan. 27 —(UP) — i James E Eller. 90-year-old Civil war ' (veteran, is seeking annulment of his marriage, alleging his 50-year-old wife has failed to carry out an a- 1 (greement to care for him and has ■ I used his S9O a month pension far . purposes other than those lueelinc ' ! i with his approval. Kidnap Entire Police Force, Loot Town ’ 1 Freelandville, Ky., Jan 27 —(UP) 1 The entire business section of tne town here was looted by three ban- ' dits who kidnapped the police force ' I Charles Hillery, nightwatchman, and forced him to accompany them 1 They got $9 and $10(1 worth of iner- I • chandise. o < PROPOSED LAKE IS SURVEYED ; Conservation Department Inspects Limberlost Lake Site < i ; Geneva. Ind. January 27 —tSpe- ( ; cial) —A preliminary survey of the > proposed Limberlost lake was made ( by several men sent here by the | Conservation department of Indiana and Col* Richard Lieber, director of i the department. Several interested business men from Portland, Deca- | tur. Berne, and Pennville were also present at the survey. D. Dodgett, acting chief of division engineers, and John C. Diggs. I (assistant superintendent of lands (and water divisions of the Indiana ( j Conservation department were in ' charge of the survey. They were sent to look over the proposed site of the Limberlost Lake and returned to Indianapolis today to file 'heir report with the Conservation department. A number of prominent Portland 1 business men, including Mr. Fraser 1 of toe Portland Commercial Re- • view and Mr. Corwin, County sur- 1 veyor of Jay County, ahd French 1 Quinn of Decatur accompanied the 1 surveying party. ' The proposed site lies in Adams and Jay Counties and the project I has been furthered by both Portland i and local men. A report is expected < as soon as the Conservation De- ; partinent receives a complete sur- ; vey of the lake proposition. i Revival Meetings Are Held at Monroe i i Revival services are being held at ’ the Monroe Methodist Episcopal ) IChurch, and the young peoples ’ meeting and song service is held i 1 each evening at 6:45 o’clock, follow- ' ed with thp preaching service at|; (7:30 o’clock. Rev. D. V. Williams, 11 [pastor of the church, delivers the ] {address each evening. The public ( '(is cordially invited to these see- • I vices.

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CONGRESSIONAL BILL PROPOSES ( NEW DISTRICTS — Districts 1,2, 3, 8 Democratic; 7.9, 11, 12 Normally Republican SEN. GOTTSCHALK INTRODUCES BILL Indianapolis, Jan. 27.—-<U.R) —A congressional reappor- ‘ tionment bill that will give] the major political parties] four districts a piece and] 'leave four doubtful on the 'basis of half election results, was introduced today by Senator Chester Perkins, Demo(crat, South Bend. Districts which probably would Ibe normally Democratic are th? 11, 2, 3. and 8. Those normally Republican would be the 7,9, 11, and 12. The Eighth district would include Adams and Blackford county. Gottschalk Sponsors Bill Indianapolis, Jan. 27. — (U.R) — A bill introduced today by Senator Marvin Huff, Republican, Martinsville, and Thurman Gottschalk, Berne, would have money left by escaped or dead prisoners in the state prison, revert to a prison recreation fund after two years. Indianapolis Jan. 27 —(UP)—Divided report of the Senate committee on constiuttional revision of a resolution to delete mandatory t'eatu:es of the Eighteenth amendment was withheld this morning on request of Senator Chester A. Perkins Democrat. South Bend .its author, who said his minority report was not complete. The report probably will be re turned Wednesday, Senator Perkins said. Indianapolis, Jan. 27 —(UP) —Pro- | ponents of a state poll tax were victorious in a non-partisan fight on the house floor today when the majority committee report supporting the tax measure was accepted. The minority report, proposing indefinite postponement, was rejected. The bill had been amended in committee meeting to provide a $2.50 tax upon men and women voters of Indiana,” an increase of 50c over the original proposal. Miss Telia C. Haines, Democrat, Sullivan, co-author of the measure (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) Q Prohibition Dispute Dropped For War Bill Washington Jan. 27 —(UP) —The Senate touay sidetracked its prohibition dispute in favor of considering the war department appro priation bil Idespite protests of several dry senators that the action was tantamount to killing the Howell bill for drastic enforcement in tlie District of Columbia. MATE ALLEGES CAPTAIN DRUNK Says Coast Guard Commander Intoxicated When Making Arrest —— New York. Jan. 27. — <U.R) — Charges that the commander of the coast guard cutter 145 was intoxicated when he boarded the Josephine K. were made today by members of the crew of the Nova Scotian schooner which was captured offshore with a cargo of liquor. While officials were assembling today at the Staten Island coast guard base for a hearing on the case, word was received from Newport, R. 1., of the capture of coast guards there of another alleged rum runner—the third to be taken into custody in four days off the North Atlantic coast. It was the power boat Overland, said to have a cargo of liquor worth $25,000. George Horeman of Fall River, Mass., commander of the Overland, was captured but t7ie other eight members of the crew escaped. The charges of intoxication [against coast guardsmen here were : made by Wesley Anderson, first mate of the Josephine K., whose captain, William Cluett, was mor(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)

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Kills Self r ' ini Edward I. Edwards, former governor and former United States senator from New Jersey, who shot and killed himself in hie home at Jersey City, N. J., early Monday morning. Friends said that he had been suffering from ill-health and despondency for several months. LEAGUEDEBAir HERE TONIGHT Negative Team vs. Portland ; Affirmative Team At Eaton The Portland high whool affirm- ; ative debating teain will meet th« Decatur high school negative team in the opening league debate of ■ the season, at Library Hall tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Judges of the contest will be Superintendent Painter, Principal Minniear, and Russel Sherman of Garrett high school, and the subject for delate will be, “Resolved: That the installment buying of consumption goods should be condemned.” The local affirmative team will meet the Eaton high school negative team in a similar debate at Eaton tonight. MURDERS WIFE AT TERRE HAUTE Lawrence Johnson Kills Girl Wife, 16, With Axe Last Night Terre Haute. Jan. 27.—(U.R) — Jealousy and the apparent wish to save his 16-year old V'ife from the suffering of child birth was believed today to have caused Lawrence Johnson, 22. to slay his girl wife with an axe at their home here last night. | Johnson upon questioning at police headquarters this morning said: “Is she dead? I'm glad. I’ve prayed for a week for God to show me the way and that is what He told me to do.” The entire family—the mother, Mrs!. Anna Watts, and six small children, ranging in ages from six . to 12 years—were in a downstairs room dancing and listening to a phonograph, when Johnson killed his wife by striking her over the head with an axe. He then left the body lying on a bed and joined ■ the group in the front room. Richard Carson, 26, .Boston, and William Shaw. 27. New York, who : had been staying at thehomeeince their arrival in the city to search > for work, had been entertaining - the children with dances and the , mother started upstairs for bedI clothing on which they were to L sleep. . Johnson dashed up the steps ’ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) o Man Is Charged With Beating Board Bill Fred Trolillo ws arrested Moni day by chief of police Sephus Mel- > chi on a charge of beating a board bill. The charge was filed by Mrs. > Grace Moser. Trovillo appeared be- . fore Mayor George Krick in city court Monday night and the case was continued indefinitely.

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INDIANA SOLON ARRESTED FOR TAKING BRIBE Charged With Accepting . $750 For Securing Mail Carrier’s Job (ARRESTED TODAY; RELEASED ON BONI) i ! Evansville, Ind., Jan. 27. (U.R) Congressman Ilarrv E. Rowbottoin, Republican, first district, was arrested here today bv deputy 1. S. Marshal James Spicklman, on a charge ol accenting a bribe, and immediately released on SI(>,(MM) bond. Sworn statements bv two mail carriers of Rockford, Indiana, that they paiil Rowlxjttom $750 to obtain appointments, were said by Spicklman to be in his possession. The carriers are Gresham Ayer and his son. Walter. Row bottom was arrested on a street in Evansville. His bond was furnished by Manson Richert, sand and gravel man. — o— — Men Who Burn Own Factory Sentenced St. Joseph, Mich.. Jan. 27 U.R) — Maurice L. Hurwich and Claude E. Nicely, business men of South ' Bend, Ind., who were s ntenred yesterday to five to ten years each on arson conspiracy charges, will be held in the county jail here until the state Supreme court fix r their bonds pending appeal. The two were convicted last fall of burning their factory, tho plant of the St. Joseph Pap; r Board i- . Box Company to collect $60,000 ini. surance. o I Nine Teachers Arc Stricken With Flu » II Michigan City, Ind., Jan. 27.-— : (U.R) —Nine school teachers were re- -! ported ill of influenza here today. and the disease had reached epi- ’ demic proportion. Scores of per- ■ sons in all walks of life were off I work with flu. I] _n Five Questioned Concerning Robbery Chicago, Jan. 27.— <U.R) Five hrothers-in-law of Joseph Andafcn, who was wounded in the $49,000 Wieboldt department store holdup, were taken to detective headquar'i ers today for questioning in connection with the robbery. Chief of Detectives John Morton ; ordered the men taken into custody to investigate Andrafco's story that he was an innocent bystander to the holdup. Hoover Will Not Add To Views on Report Washington. Jan. 7. — (U.R) — No ! further clarification of President ' Hoover’s prohibition view’s is plan--1 ned at the White House, it was said today in response to queries. It was added that there would be no adding to or detracting from Mr. Hoover’s views as expressed in ' his message transmitting the Wickersham report to congress. BERNE CARRIERS COVER ROUTES ■■■■■■ Go With City Carriers to Learn Details; Berne Service Starts Feb. 2 I Guy Eley and Karl Hilty, the { newly appointed city mail carriers for Berne, selected by Fred Rohrer, postmaster, and approved by the Civil Service commission and ' the Post Office Department in Washington, covered the city mail ' routes of Decatur today, with two of the local city carriers, and learned the general routine of tho work. The men were at the Decatur i postoffice and on the city routes the entire day and learned details ■ in connection with the delivery ct mail. Beginning Monday, February 2, . j the Berne post office will become ■ a city delivery office, and city mail ■ delivery will be made to evert’ ' home in Berne every day in the week except Sundays and holidays.